Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday welcomed Japan's decision not to join a U.S.-led naval mission in the Gulf, in remarks carried by state television. Friction between Tehran and Washington has increased since last year when U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of...

 At least 80,000 Syrians moved near Turkey’s border in the past five days following intense attacks by Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russia and Iran backed-groups in this northern Syrian province, the Director of Syria's Response Coordination Group Mohammad Halaj said Friday. ...

Hong Kong riot police swept into several shopping malls Saturday, chasing off and arresting some anti-government Hong Kong demonstrators who had gathered to press their demands in the peak shopping weekend before Christmas. In a mall in Yuen Long, close to the China border, hundreds of...

Thousands of people joined fresh rallies against a contentious citizenship law in India on Saturday, with 20 killed so far in the unrest. The death toll jumped after demonstrations turned violent on Friday in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, leaving at least 11 dead including an...